Performance Lifestyle advice /
Sporting success is not only down to the skill or talent of the
athlete. Our performance lifestyle programme is
specifically designed to help each athlete create the unique
environment necessary for their success.
How we help
Performance Lifestyle is a personalised support service
specifically designed to help each athlete create the unique
environment necessary for their success.
For elite athletes to maintain a performance lifestyle they must
fit many aspects of their life alongside their intensive training
and competition programme.
Our trained and accredited athlete adviser aims to provide
support to athletes by giving them the necessary skills to cope
with the special demands of being an elite performer and to better
prepare for life after sport.
The Performance Lifestyle programme is primarily delivered to UK
Pathway and Élite Cymru athletes living in Wales through an adviser
based at the Sport Wales National Centre.
The approach is to work closely with coaches and support
specialists as part of an integrated team to minimise potential
concerns, conflicts and distractions, all of which can be
detrimental to performance.
Advice offered by the adviser may be in a one-to-one session or
as a workshop to a squad. The latter may involve coaches and
parents to educate and inform the athlete's support network.
Confidentiality is paramount in building rapport and a
relationship between the adviser and the athlete and information
will only be shared therefore if an athlete has given their
permission.
Examples of the support offered by the Performance Lifestyle
programme include:
- Integrated Planning -helping athletes to
combine the demands of sport with other personal aspirations;
- Educational Guidance - providing advice for
those athletes who wish to continue with their studies and support
for those who are currently studying;
- Career Planning - helping athletes to
discover their own strengths and interests and match these to
possible career aspirations;
- Transitional Support - for those athletes, who
are injured, relocating or nearing the end of their career by
providing guidance on future options;
- Training and Development Programmes - for
groups or individual athletes in a wide range of subjects, eg time
management, budgeting and finance, dealing with the media,
sponsorship;
- On-going support - former UK Pathway and Élite
Cymru athletes can access the Performance Lifestyle programme for a
period of between 6-12 months after withdrawal from Lottery
funding.